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alexander lukashenko has dominated belarus for nearly 20 years. his longevity is matched only by the length of the charge sheet against him, including allegations of human rights abuses and even torture. apparently mr. lukashenko thinks talk of democracy is being used as a cover for what he calls plunder by the west. we join the latest press baron on a trip to conduct a rare interview with the man. just a warning -- this film contains flash photography. >> right on the edge of europe, a place that ascends so many european values. we've come to minute ask with the youngest newspaper proprietor. we're on our way to a rare meeting. not many get to see the corridors of bela russian power. this is an opportunity to put on the spot the man known as europe's last dictator. it's also a challenge for the ambitious son of a russian olivark. president alexander lukashenko has been in power for 18 years. he's been accused of torture and human rights abuses. he has thrown his opponents in prison, banned protests and restricted freedom of expression. the bela r
alexander lukashenko has dominated belarus for nearly 20 years. his longevity is matched only by the length of the charge sheet against him, including allegations of human rights abuses and even torture. apparently mr. lukashenko thinks talk of democracy is being used as a cover for what he calls plunder by the west. we join the latest press baron on a trip to conduct a rare interview with the man. just a warning -- this film contains flash photography. >> right on the edge of europe, a...
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isn't the president of belarus a dictator? you tell me. isn't it true that here in venezuela we twice gave our independence hero to gadhafi? is that the kind of relations we the venezuelan people want? no! >> reporter: while he was speaking to reporters, chavez was singing folk songs to his followers while campaigning in western venezuela. ♪ >> reporter: the former tax attorney was the mayor of a caracas suburb before winning the governorship. he was also the youngest leader of the venezuelan parliament. part of his appeal he speaks about solid government institutions and a judicial branch that treats all venezuelans equally under the law. he was elected to run against chavez after the venezuelan opposition forged an alliance in january. the 40-year-old candidate says he has visited more than 300 venezuelan towns during his campaign. he stepped on to the national scene during a 2002 riot at the cuban embassy in caracas. the chavez government accused him of insighting the riot and sentenced him to jail for four mis. the courts ended up ac
isn't the president of belarus a dictator? you tell me. isn't it true that here in venezuela we twice gave our independence hero to gadhafi? is that the kind of relations we the venezuelan people want? no! >> reporter: while he was speaking to reporters, chavez was singing folk songs to his followers while campaigning in western venezuela. ♪ >> reporter: the former tax attorney was the mayor of a caracas suburb before winning the governorship. he was also the youngest leader of...
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and infrastructure being set up the perimeter of member states so the new premier league russia and belarus we see forward operating bases being set up in bulgaria and romania we see missile defense installations being deployed with arms being supplied to georgia and so on but because nobody would set up a military infrastructure purpose if its military infrastructure is being set up for military purposes. which countries do they target are their objectives why would they spend hundreds of millions of dollars to set up new readers sites. it is men for protection against iran but we all know this is not true so i think this is what president putin meant our view is that need to pose a threat from nearly all member states especially russia and naturally every nation has to take appropriate measures if you need to realize the threats it faces so roughly that's what the president must have meant. let's go back to cooperation between need to end this siege to you. i know that you personal support the idea of having such cooperation of course how can this cooperation benefit us here in these word
and infrastructure being set up the perimeter of member states so the new premier league russia and belarus we see forward operating bases being set up in bulgaria and romania we see missile defense installations being deployed with arms being supplied to georgia and so on but because nobody would set up a military infrastructure purpose if its military infrastructure is being set up for military purposes. which countries do they target are their objectives why would they spend hundreds of...
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you've seen him this week at the united nations meet with other kind of rogue states, belarus, the sudanese government, and he's saying, listen, we're in a fight against terrorists right now. he's lumping all the opposition, even the peaceful protesters, in with these rebels, and insurgents that have been, you know, bombing a lot of regime facilities and he's going to say, listen, we need to crack down on terrorism, and you need to crack down on states like qatar, like saudi arabia, who are funding these guys. >> and meantime, we keep on seeing all of the atrocities coming out of there. secretary hillary clinton is hosting a friends of syria meeting, attended by about 20 of the world's foreign ministers last week and she talked about a upon alternative strategy. let's listen to it. >> but it's no secret that our attempts to move forward at the u.n. security council have been blocked repeatedly. on tuesday, i met with joint special representative brahimi to discuss alternative strategies, but the united states is not waiting. >> so this is in lieu of a resolution from the security council. d
you've seen him this week at the united nations meet with other kind of rogue states, belarus, the sudanese government, and he's saying, listen, we're in a fight against terrorists right now. he's lumping all the opposition, even the peaceful protesters, in with these rebels, and insurgents that have been, you know, bombing a lot of regime facilities and he's going to say, listen, we need to crack down on terrorism, and you need to crack down on states like qatar, like saudi arabia, who are...
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stopping all unilateral coercive measures imposed on the peoples of other countries, such as venezuela, belarus, iran, syria and the democratic people's republic of korea. mr. president, our aspiration to achieve a positive reform of the international organization stems from our desire to find a world based on justice, security and prosperity for all the peoples of the world, away from the colonial tendencies -- hegemonic tendencies of some countries that seek to exploit the united nations to achieve their own interests at the expense of other countries. we hope that the united nations can take the people of the world to a better future that fulfills their aspirations for life, coexistence, development and food sufficiency, and away from all forms of tension, confrontation and wars, pursuant to what the united nations charter stipulates and its principles and purposes which seek to preserve the sovereignty of states and equality among them in rights and duties. i thank you, mr. president. [applause] >> spent coming up in about 40 minutes will go live to england for labor party leader ed miliban
stopping all unilateral coercive measures imposed on the peoples of other countries, such as venezuela, belarus, iran, syria and the democratic people's republic of korea. mr. president, our aspiration to achieve a positive reform of the international organization stems from our desire to find a world based on justice, security and prosperity for all the peoples of the world, away from the colonial tendencies -- hegemonic tendencies of some countries that seek to exploit the united nations to...
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and he's friends with people like russian leaders, the president of belarus, and that gives you an idea about how in the future this can be a problem, big problem for the united states, because he is friending people who have friends nowhere else in the world, and strategically it is a problem for the united states. >> six more years, we're watching closely, rafael romo, thank you. >> thank you. >>> politicians, how about our kind of politicians, we have seen them all kiss babies, tell jokes, all in an effort to woo you, the voter. now, candidates have left social media to wooromney's frosted pun bread. you have big bird looking for a job on twitter. we'll look at the online battle for votes next. >>> this massive wedding fight in a hotel lobby turned deadly over this past weekend. and, of course, there is video. take a look at this. this was taken by an onlooker and uploaded to youtube. you can hear the sounds, the screams, you see the police. this is philadelphia. they used batons and tasers to get control of this fight involving two separate wedding parties. police say during the fig
and he's friends with people like russian leaders, the president of belarus, and that gives you an idea about how in the future this can be a problem, big problem for the united states, because he is friending people who have friends nowhere else in the world, and strategically it is a problem for the united states. >> six more years, we're watching closely, rafael romo, thank you. >> thank you. >>> politicians, how about our kind of politicians, we have seen them all kiss...